Dark romantasy · 2021

The Never King

Name: The Never King
ISBN: 9781959344070

by Nikki St. Crowe

Book 1 of Vicious Lost Boys

Spice: Scorching
Ending: Cliffhanger
Reading age: Adult

Tropes

Why choose Retelling Morally grey heroVillain gets the girl

About the book

For generations every Darling woman has vanished on her eighteenth birthday. When Winnie's turns, the Never King and his Lost Boys come for her, and this time they don't let her go. A dark, grown-up Peter Pan, why choose, very explicit, cliffhanger.

Content warnings

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From the author's note

Public sex or voyeurism
Dubious consent
Graphic violence
Captivity
Degradation
Blood play
Choking or breath play
Consensual non-consent (CNC)
Sexual assault

Source: nikkistcrowe.com, retrieved 2026-10-20

Reported by readers (not in the author's note)

Murder
Kidnapping

Source: triggerwarningdatabase.com, retrieved 2026-10-20

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